Tricia Miller (Madeline Brewer)

(Ex) Drug addict Tricia Miller is introduced in Season 1, an inmate in a relationship with Mercy. When Mercy’s release date comes up Tricia tries to keep her in prison by planting drugs but ultimately decides against it. Instead she asks Piper (Taylor Schilling) with help writing a letter of appeal so she can get her release date moved up and be with Mercy.

Eventually she is forced to sell drugs for one of the guards, Mendeze (Pablo Schreiber), she relapses and uses some of the drugs she was meant to sell. When Mendez discovers she has been using, he locks her in a broom-closet. When he later comes to check on her, he finds her dead and frames the death as a suicide to throw off suspicion.

Appearances:

Recurring S1

Female love interests:

Mercy Valduto (Katie Iacona, lesbian, recurring)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.